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Peter Guthrie Tait FRSE (28 April 1831 – 4 July 1901) was a Scottish mathematical physicist and early pioneer in thermodynamics. He is best known for the mathematical physics textbook Treatise on Natural Philosophy, which he co-wrote with Lord Kelvin, and his early investigations into knot theory .
Jun 30, 2024 · Peter Guthrie Tait (born April 28, 1831, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland—died July 4, 1901, Edinburgh) was a Scottish physicist and mathematician who helped develop quaternions, an advanced algebra that gave rise to vector analysis and was instrumental in the development of modern mathematical physics.
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Peter Guthrie Tait. Quick Info. Born. 28 April 1831. Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. Died. 4 July 1901. Edinburgh, Scotland. Summary. P G Tait collaborated with Maxwell, Thomson (Lord Kelvin) and Hamilton to make important contributions in both mathematics and physics. He wrote extensively on quaternions and knot theory. View seven larger pictures.
Peter Guthrie Tait was considered one of the best university lecturers of his time, and representative of a Scottish-Cambridge university education (as Thomson and James Clerk Maxwell were). Besides T&T’, Tait produced several other treatises and textbooks.
Peter Guthrie Tait FRSE (1831 – 1901) was a Scottish physicist and mathematician, best known for the physics textbook Treatise on Natural Philosophy, which he co-wrote with William Thomson.
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May 23, 2018 · TAIT, PETER GUTHRIE (b, Dalkeith, Scotland, 28 April 1831; d. Edinburgh, Scotland, 4 July 1901)physics, mathematics.Tait was the son of the former Mary Ronaldson and John Tait, who was secretary to the duke of Buccleuch.
Peter Guthrie Tait (1831-1901) Professor of Natural Philosophy. Educated at the Edinburgh Academy and the University of Cambridge, where he was Senior Wrangler and First Smith's Prizeman, Peter Guthrie Tait was appointed to the Chair of Natural Philosophy at Edinburgh in 1860.
